The Death Cap mushroom is one of the deadliest fungi in the world, responsible for the majority of fatal mushroom poisonings.

How can you identify a death cap mushroom? Woodland Trust says that death cap mushrooms are easily confused with common field varieties, which is why poisonings often happen. These relatively ...

Doctors said the symptoms matched death cap mushroom poisoning, which forensic tests later confirmed. The prosecution alleges that Ms Patterson, 50, deliberately poisoned the lunch guests after ...

Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of intentionally putting death cap mushrooms — which are among the most poisonous in the world — in a beef Wellington dish she served at a July 2023 lunch at her ...

Patterson is accused of putting death cap mushrooms in a meal she served her estranged husband's relatives in July 2023, killing three. She took the stand in Week 6 of the trial gripping Australia.